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Jimmy Butler scores 14 in debut as Sixers let late lead slip away

ORLANDO, Fla. -- For three quarters, the Jimmy Butler Era in Philadelphia was looking exactly like it was supposed to.

But basketball games are four quarters long. And the final 12 minutes of Wednesday night's game for the 76ers against the Orlando Magic, what appeared destined to be a happy ending for the four-time All-Star's Sixers debut turned into anything but.

Instead, it was the Magic who authored a stunning 21-0 run to erase a 16-point fourth-quarter deficit, and then went on an 11-2 run to close things out to give Orlando a 111-106 victory and spoil Butler's first game with Philadelphia.